Update: I was unfortunately not aware of Shamus Young's severe criticism of Fallout 3 available here to link in the original piece and I regret that. It dovetails rather nicely with what I've written and it's much better executed than my piece. I strongly recommend anyone...

According to Gamesrader, Kiefer Sutherland has been officially tapped to voice Snake in the upcoming MGS.

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[UPDATE 6/6/13] One of the biggest tidbits of news from Konami's pre-E3 press conference this morning is that David Hayter is officially out, and Kiefer Sutherland is officially in for Metal Gear Solid 5. More than just voicing the iconic Solid Snake, the 24 star also lent his acting chops in mo-cap sessions for the game.

edit: DAMN YOU ALEX OSBORN! _________________

Optimus-Crime wrote:

it's fucking Canada and who wants to live in the badlands but space rebels, pirates and vikings..

I know this will be unpopular, but I cannot stand David Hayter's work as Snake. It's partially the dialogue to blame, but his voice is so cheesy and forced. His "Snake voice" is certainly more egregious than Christian Bale's "Batman voice" but he never gets any sh*t about it.

I know the campiness is one of the hallmarks of MGS, but a better actor is going to be a good step.

I know this will be unpopular, but I cannot stand David Hayter's work as Snake. It's partially the dialogue to blame, but his voice is so cheesy and forced. His "Snake voice" is certainly more egregious than Christian Bale's "Batman voice" but he never gets any sh*t about it.

I know the campiness is one of the hallmarks of MGS, but a better actor is going to be a good step.

I totally agree. It may have been fine back in the day of gruff voiced action heroes but now it's just ridiculous and extremely cheesy._________________

Optimus-Crime wrote:

it's fucking Canada and who wants to live in the badlands but space rebels, pirates and vikings..

I am alright with this. I love the series and I love the voice of Snake but its not a bad move by any means. Sutherland is a natural rasp whereas Hayter is a forced rasp. I am wondering if this is simply one character that is being replaced though. I mean, what if Kojima pulls a MGS2 on us and we play as Solid And Big Boss? Instead do Solid and Raiden?_________________It's okay to just have fun sometimes.

You can hear him in the e3 trailer. Awesome trailer, game looks brilliant. I prefer the old sound of Solid Snake. Pulled up a youtube clip of some of his quotes, and I love it. I don't now if it's nostalgia, or what. I don't really like known voices in my video games I'm glad rockstar went away from it, but there's still something there for voices like in Resident evil game, otocon, meryl. All that stuff. I don't know I don't like much what video games have become, or are trying to become. Hopefully we will have a breath of fresh air this generation. More color too. Color palette's are so drab in video games. Anyways I've went off topic. I miss the music too!

So...The new MGS...I haven't read anything about it save for the bit about Kiefer and watching the trailer which I absolutely loved. Is it a prequel to 4 or set after the events of 4? If it's set after the events I sure as hell hope in 4 they go over Snake's turnaround from his ailment. (Only on act 3 so I haven't finished it yet.)_________________

Optimus-Crime wrote:

it's fucking Canada and who wants to live in the badlands but space rebels, pirates and vikings..